Hi guys,

I made small error in the example XMLs, actually the main problem i
had i skipped.

In the result XML, i need to get referance of attribute space of
previous node (something like preceding-sibling). If the previous node
doens't have it, i need to go further back until i find it or until
the beginning of XML.

Correct result XML would be:
<example>
B  <someNode>
B  B  B  B  B  <value>asas</value>
B  B  B  B  B  <name>asas</name>
B  B  B  B  B  <space>12</space>
B  </someNode>
B  <interestingNode>
B  B  B  B  B  <con>someString</con>
B  B  B  B  B  <follow>
B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  <return>0</return>
B  B  B  B  B  </follow>
B  B  B  B  B  <space>5</space>
B  </interestingNode>

B  <node1 space="12">1</node1> <!-- HERE space attribute  -->
B  <node2 space="12">2</node2>
B  <node3 space="12">3</node3>
B  <node4 space="12">4</node4>
</example>

On Thu, Mar 19, 2009 at 10:00 AM, Michael Kay <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Not the most imaginative title for a post.
>
>>
>> <example>
>> B  B  <someNode>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  <value>asas</value>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  <name>asas</name>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  <space>12</space>
>> B  B  </someNode>
>> B  B  <interestingNode>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  <con>someString</con>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  <follow>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  <node1>1</node1>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  <node2>2</node2>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  <node3>3</node3>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  <node4>4</node4>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  </follow>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  <space>5</space>
>> B  B  </interestingNode>
>> </example>
>>
>>
>> Now i want to transform it to:
>>
>> <example>
>> B  B  <someNode>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  <value>asas</value>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  <name>asas</name>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  <space>12</space>
>> B  B  </someNode>
>> B  B  <interestingNode>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  <con>someString</con>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  <follow>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  B  <return>0</return>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  </follow>
>> B  B  B  B  B  B  <space>5</space>
>> B  B  </interestingNode>
>>
>> B  B  <node1 space="5">1</node1>
>> B  B  <node2 space="5">2</node2>
>> B  B  <node3 space="5">3</node3>
>> B  B  <node4 space="5">4</node4>
>> </example>
>>
>>
>> The changes are:
>> - when interestingNode is found, we check the con value
>> - if con value conforms someString, then we make
>> transformation of this part by:
>> B  B  - evrything in follow node is moved outside interestingNode
>> B  B  - follow node gets one child return
>> B  B  - all nodes moved outside get an attribute space with
>> value specified in original node
>>
>
> That seems to be a rule you can translate directly into XSLT:
>
> <xsl:template match="interestingNode[con='someString']">
> B <xsl:copy>
> B  B <xsl:copy-of select="con"/>
> B  B <follow><return>0</return></follow>
> B  B <xsl:copy-of select="space"/>
> B </xsl:copy>
> B <xsl:variable name="space" select="space"/>
> B <xsl:for-each select="follow/*">
> B  B <xsl:copy>
> B  B  B <xsl:attribute name="space" select="$space"/>
> B  B  B <xsl:copy-of select="child::node()"/>
> B  B </xsl:copy>
> B </xsl:for-each>
> </xsl:template>
>
> Michael Kay
> http://www.saxonica.com/